The uncanny valley (Japanese: 不気味の谷, Hepburn: bukimi no tani) effect is a hypothesized psychological and aesthetic relation between an object's degree of resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to the object. The uncanny valley hypothesis predicts that an entity appearing almost human will risk eliciting eerie feelings ...

2023年10月10日 · The experience of the uncanny valley can trigger a range of effects, from emotional responses such as repulsion and decreased empathy to more pragmatic impacts such as hindering the development and acceptance of artificial intelligence and robotics.

2023年11月7日 · Something as simple as an unnatural pose or expression on an android's face might invoke the uncanny valley effect, as demonstrated in research that showed people were most disturbed by humanlike virtual characters who did not display adequate facial responses when startled [source: Tinwell et al].

2024年7月8日 · Androids, avatars, and animations aim for extreme realism but get caught in a disturbing chasm dubbed the uncanny valley. They are very realistic and lifelike—but when we examine them, we see they are not quite human.

2019年11月6日 · The uncanny valley phenomenon is an eerie or unsettling feeling that some people experience in response to not-quite-human figures like humanoid robots and lifelike computer-generated characters

2025年1月9日 · Uncanny valley, theorized relation between the human likeness of an object and a viewer’s affinity toward it. The hypothesis originated in a 1970 essay by Japanese roboticist Masahiro Mori, in which he proposed that as human likeness increases in an object’s design, so does one’s affinity for the

2019年7月1日 · Scientists have identified mechanisms in the human brain that could help explain the phenomenon of the ‘Uncanny Valley’ – the unsettling feeling we get from robots and virtual agents that are too human-like.

2018年10月22日 · According to Mori, the more "human" a robot appears, the more positive our feelings towards them will be—up to a point. As robots approach near-perfect human likeness, our responses quickly turn from positive to negative. This sharp emotional dip, seen in the graph above, is the uncanny valley.

2024年9月15日 · At its core, the uncanny valley is a psychological phenomenon rooted in our cognitive processes. When we encounter something that looks human but doesn’t quite match our expectations, it creates a perceptual mismatch. This cognitive dissonance can be …

2024年10月29日 · In this article following information, we will explore psychologists’ definitions of the uncanny valley and possible explanations for this phenomenon, along with five examples of this effect and strategies to avoid the uncanny valley.